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The author of the novel "Solo", Rana Dasgupta, in Plovdiv

4/29/2010 8:55:11 AM

The author of the getting more and more popularity and awards recent novel "Solo" - Rana Dasgupta - will be visiting Plovdiv on April 20,2010. The book presentation, organized by his BG publisher, Bozhana Apostolova, is taking place that same day, at 6.30 PM. Dasgupta will also have book presentations in the cities of Sofia, Stara Zagora and Varna.

The novel "Solo" is the story of a 100-year-old Bulgarian living in the past century - a century of many hopes and failures. Last year, "Solo" won the "Not the Booker Prize" and has just been awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

Here is the Kapka Kassabova's review of the novel "Solo" in the Guardian: www.guardian.co.uk